profpolisci wrote:One who didn't know anything about hockey would suppose there would be a lot of players from Iceland.

How come there are no players from Iceland?

It is not a popular sport in Iceland really, the population doesn't embrace it...they have a national team at last check but when Nikolai Antropov can score 26 points in one game on it, you know you have some bugs to work out...but it's very unpopular there vs. muscle-related activities plus soccer and handball...

profpolisci wrote:One who didn't know anything about hockey would suppose there would be a lot of players from Iceland.

How come there are no players from Iceland?

It is not a popular sport in Iceland really, the population doesn't embrace it...they have a national team at last check but when Nikolai Antropov can score 26 points in one game on it, you know you have some bugs to work out...but it's very unpopular there vs. muscle-related activities plus soccer and handball...

profpolisci wrote:One who didn't know anything about hockey would suppose there would be a lot of players from Iceland.

How come there are no players from Iceland?

It is not a popular sport in Iceland really, the population doesn't embrace it...they have a national team at last check but when Nikolai Antropov can score 26 points in one game on it, you know you have some bugs to work out...but it's very unpopular there vs. muscle-related activities plus soccer and handball...

You mean Kazakhstan put up 26+ goals on Iceland?

I believe it was 81-0, IIRC...

I just Googled... it was 63-0.

Dear Lord. Borat's got some nice hands?

Yeah, 63, good call. I never can quite remember the score of that game. It could have been worse, some years ago South Korea beat another country (New Zealand?) 92-0...that's an IIHF record. I would have loved to see that game...like, how do you score goal 92 whoever did it, ya know? Like, how do you put that puck in the net...?

Early in the 2005–06 OHL season, Aliu was involved in an on-ice altercation with then teammate Steve Downie during a practice. Aliu and Downie fought during a practice that took place on September 28 after Downie hit Aliu with a vicious blindsiding crosscheck to the mouth, knocking out three of Aliu's teeth.[5] The incident stemmed from the then 16-year-old Aliu's refusal to take part in a hazing incident, which involved rookies being forced to stand naked in a cramped bus bathroom. The team suspended Downie for five games and Aliu for one. Following the incident, Downie was told to undergo professional counseling. Head coach Moe Mantha, Jr. was suspended by the OHL and later fired by the team, and the team was fined $35,000 by the OHL.[6] Downie was subsequently traded to the Kitchener Rangers, and Aliu to the Sudbury Wolves.

Early in the 2005–06 OHL season, Aliu was involved in an on-ice altercation with then teammate Steve Downie during a practice. Aliu and Downie fought during a practice that took place on September 28 after Downie hit Aliu with a vicious blindsiding crosscheck to the mouth, knocking out three of Aliu's teeth.[5] The incident stemmed from the then 16-year-old Aliu's refusal to take part in a hazing incident, which involved rookies being forced to stand naked in a cramped bus bathroom. The team suspended Downie for five games and Aliu for one. Following the incident, Downie was told to undergo professional counseling. Head coach Moe Mantha, Jr. was suspended by the OHL and later fired by the team, and the team was fined $35,000 by the OHL.[6] Downie was subsequently traded to the Kitchener Rangers, and Aliu to the Sudbury Wolves.